Met Gala 2025 theme and live updates: Pregnant Rihanna, Kim Kardashian, Sabrina Carpenter stun on red carpet

Max Corstorphan and Wenlei Ma
The Nightly
From Diana’s Dior slip dress to Rihanna’s omelet gown, we look at the most memorable outfits from the Met Gala. Plus, a look at what to expect with this year’s event about to get underway.

Scroll down for the latest updates and images from the Met Gala red carpet.

Key Events

Williams serves ace with giant sleeping bag dress
Charli XCX ditches Brat green for black sheer
Lisa delivers style with simple sheer look
Thigh-high Timberlands strut the Met Gala steps
Madonna dons pants and a big cigar
Jenner arrives dateless in monochrome perfection
Schafer serves up simple elegance
Luhrmann struts with eccentric style
Rihanna, Queen of the Met Gala arrives with major news
Keke Palmer channels Dorothy Dandridge
Brian Tyree Henry is working an all-crimson ensemble
Anthony Pratt stands out
Regina King’s striking ink suit
Baz Luhrmann’s date night
Damson Idris revs up
Ayo Edebiri pays tribute to her family
Omar Sy should always wear green
Jaden Smith’s striking cape
Monica Barbaro in Dior
Hailey Bieber’s jacket dress
Kendall Jenner slays boardroom couture
Kim K channels leather daddy
Janelle Monae in another imaginative look
Natasha Lyonne’s ethereal get-up
Chappell electric in hot pink
Bad Bunny represents
Our Nicole has arrived
Shakira never does anything by half
Jeff Goldblum loves a dramatic cape
Aimee Lou Wood and Patrick Schwarzenegger checked in
Cynthia soars
How purr-fect
Jon Batiste brought the ultimate accessory
Demi’s sculptural look
Doechii in Vuitton
The Rosses love drama
Severance star gets the day off work
The kind-of boss is here
Zoe Saldana is giving Mary Poppins
Lupita is incandescent in aqua
A$AP Rocky lets the news slip
Lorde’s half-bandeau look
Anne Hathaway’s showstopping jewels
Walton is chaos
Who needs pants? Not Sabrina
Miley rocks up
Baby’s first Met Gala
Whoopi still knows how to serve
Zendaya strides in
Gigi shimmering in gold
Tory Burch and Pamela Anderson arrive hand-in-hand
Sarah Snook takes over New York
Internet goes wild for Diana Ross
He’s happy
Sydney Sweeney is slinky in black
Colman Domingo always delivers
From the race track to the red carpet
The Met Gala queen reigns
What to expect from the 2025 Met Gala

Aimee Lou Wood and Patrick Schwarzenegger checked in

The White Lotus co-stars arrived together. It’s Wood’s first time at the Met Gala but the Schwarzenegger scion already knows the ropes.

Her ensemble is by British designer Priya Ahluwalia and features some fabulous socks-forward details.

The question is what happens inside if she runs into her The White Lotus scene partner Walton Goggins, with whom she has a rumoured feud.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 05: (L-R) Aimee Lou Wood and Patrick Schwarzenegger attend the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.  (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
Aimee Lou Wood and Patrick Schwarzenegger. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue) Credit: Getty/Getty Images for The Met Museum/

Cynthia soars

Her feet are planted on the ground but Cynthia Erivo is defying gravity in spirit, and in custom Givenchy.

Cynthia Erivo
Cynthia Erivo. Credit: Getty/Getty Images

How purr-fect

Living up to her name, Doja Cat was on theme in more ways than one, albeit this was a more subtle look than that time when she came as Karl Lagerfeld’s cat.

She’s wearing Marc Jacobs.

Doja Cat
Doja Cat. Credit: Getty/WireImage

Jon Batiste brought the ultimate accessory

Authentic moment alert! Musician, composer and actor Jon Batiste actually knows how to play that saxophone, and hails from New Orleans musical royalty. Perhaps he’ll regale the partygoers inside with some smooth tunes.

Jon Batiste
Jon Batiste. Credit: Getty/FilmMagic

Demi’s sculptural look

Who needs a golden statue when you can be your very own art piece. She’s wearing Thom Browne.

Demi Moore
Demi Moore. Credit: Getty/Getty Images for The Met Museum/

Doechii in Vuitton

There’s no mistaking which designer Doechii, only the third woman ever to win the best rap album accolade at the Grammys, is wearing.

Doechii
Doechii. Credit: Getty/Getty Images

The Rosses love drama

She was never going to out-do her mother Diana Ross, but Tracee Ellis Ross can certainly draw attention too. She’s wearing Marc Jacobs.

Tracee Ellis Ross
Tracee Ellis Ross. Credit: Getty/Getty Images

Severance star gets the day off work

Last seen battling the department of Choreography and Merriment, Severance’s Tramell Tillman takes time out at the Met Gala. It’s the actor’s first time at the event and he’s wearing Thom Browne.

Tramell TIllman
Tramell Tillman. Credit: Getty/Getty Images for The Met Museum/

The kind-of boss is here

Yes, chef! Jeremy Allen White, who recently filmed the Bruce Springsteen biopic, cuts a fine figure.

Fun fact: in French, “chef” means boss.

Jeremy Allen-White
Jeremy Allen-White. Credit: Getty/Getty Images

Zoe Saldana is giving Mary Poppins

But in the best, elevated way possible. The black-and-white is by Chloe.

Zoe Saldana
Zoe Saldana. Credit: Getty/Getty Images

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